The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Brother, I heard from Thomas that you have something important to discuss with me?" Adam said slightly breathlessly.

Adam was handling official business in the government office at the time. When he heard Thomas say that the master wanted to see him, he rushed over.

You know, except for eating, Soran never took the initiative to look for them, so he thought something urgent had happened!

"Yes! I want to ask you something! Please sit down first! Maria, go and get me a cup of tea!" Soran gestured to the chair where Javier had just sat, while Butler Javier had gone back to work!

"Just ask!" Adam sat down to rest and crossed his legs.

This isn't a public or serious place, so there's no need for the two of them to be so polite.

"Are there a lot of official business in the territory recently? Are you still able to handle it?" Soran began to ask.

"It's okay at the moment! There's not a lot of work! The first phase of the Barrett Avenue of Wealth construction project has now entered the final stage and will be completed soon. So this work may be a little more, but I have handed it over to the Wolfe brothers!"

"Also, the work on the population census has been completed, but the work on the cultivated land census is still in progress. However, I have also handed this work over to Gubellini!"

"So usually, I just deal with some daily work of the government office." Adam said casually.

“Oh, you let others do all the work! You are really lazy, brother!” Soran teased directly.

Adam rolled his eyes at him immediately, then looked at Soran with a slightly disdainful look and said, "If we talk about laziness, there is someone in the territory who is lazier than me!"

"Who is it?" Soran's interest was immediately piqued.

However, Adam just looked at him silently without saying anything.

It didn't take long for Soran to realize that he was talking about himself!

but……

“Hahahaha… Brother, aren’t you talking nonsense? I am the master of the territory, and I must let you do it if there is anything to do!” Soran laughed frivolously: “Besides, I have paid you for your work!”

Adam immediately gave him a middle finger!

He learned this special move from Soran.

And when he saw this action for the first time, there was no need for Soran to explain it, as if he naturally knew what it meant!

Not very harmful, but extremely insulting!

Soran simply ignored his international gesture!

“You just said that the census work has been completed, then why haven’t you submitted the report documents?” Sauron still remembered this task, which he had assigned at the first internal meeting of the territory.

Now that nearly a month has passed, it is time to complete the statistics.

"The population census was completed seven days ago. Aren't we going to wait until the farmland census is complete before compiling a report together?"

At this time, Maria came up with hot tea!

This kind of tea is not actually tea leaves soaked in water, but a kind of plant stems that are brewed with boiling water. It tastes slightly astringent, but it can refresh the mind.

This drink in Soran's mansion was found from Corbitt's relics.

The quality is just average, not something precious.

Adam took it and took a sip, his face full of enjoyment, and then said lazily: "Brother, you have a comfortable life! I'm so envious!"

"So how many people are there in our territory now?" Soran's interest was aroused again.

Adam was silent for a moment, then said, "I forgot the exact number, but I remember it was over 2000!"

"Why are there so many?" Soran was very confused.

More than 2000 people!

He never imagined that there would be so many people in his territory.

"Originally, it was said that there were only about 1000 people in White Bear Territory, but after an actual investigation, we found that there were more than 1400 local people living in White Bear Territory!"

"I think this extra population is probably the result of the tax collector Jacques colluding with Corbitt to conceal the fact in order to embezzle more property!"

"Plus the more than 100 people we brought from Connacht, and the more than 400 people the Wolfe brothers brought back from the west!"

“That’s a lot, isn’t it?”

Adam gave Soran a well-reasoned analysis.

The news is that White Bear Territory has only more than a thousand people.

It was the territory information that Soran got from the person in charge of handover under the Second Prince when he was granted the title in the West.

He also did not expect that this seemingly weak and incompetent coward, Sir Jacques, would be so bold as to conceal the population and embezzle the property belonging to the second prince.

This is really like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth!

Soran suddenly thought of the little trick Viscount Molson had done to him a few days ago, and he burst into laughter.

Jacques, Jacques, I can keep this secret from you for the rest of your life!

……

The White Bear Territory has a population of over two thousand!

This is already considered an upper-middle level among the baron-level fiefdoms!

Soran grinned happily again!

"Hey, brother, wake up and stop laughing! Your saliva is about to flow out!" Adam interrupted him with a look of disgust on his face.

Soran subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth and found that there was nothing!

But he was not angry and was still very happy!

There are more than 2,000 people under his command! Those who have not had this kind of experience cannot understand Sauron's happiness!

"You called me here just to ask this! I'm still busy with my work over there!" Adam interrupted Soran's distracted moment.

He is indeed busy!

Among the private slaves under the name of Soran, the lower-class slaves were all under the unified jurisdiction of the Government Affairs Office, which would assign them the hardest and most tiring work in the territory every day.

So Adam needed to plan their work the day before, and he hasn’t done it today!

"No, I asked you to come here because I wanted to ask you something else!" Soran quickly asked his question again: "Brother Wulf has been working with you at the Government Affairs Office for several days. What do you think of his abilities?"

Although Soran had communicated with Wolfe before, he knew that he knew a lot about managing territory affairs and had his own unique insights.

But those were just theoretical discussions without any test in practice. Who knows what his actual abilities are?

So he needed to ask Adam to find out the details!

If this was a straw bun, it would be a laughing stock!